Valdosta Noyce Scholars Science Teacher Preparation and Retention

瓦尔多斯塔·诺伊斯学者科学教师的准备和保留

• 批准号: 1240059
• 负责人: Thomas Manning
• 金额: $ 115.43万
• 依托单位: Valdosta State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-15 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1240059&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Valdosta; Noyce; Scholars; Science; Teacher

Valdosta State University is providing 20 scholarships to academically talented but financially needy science majors who commit to teaching at high-needs school districts including Valdosta City School (VCS) system. The program assists worthy students in obtaining teaching certification though a post-baccalaureate program designed to prepare future teachers for high-needs school districts in Georgia. In part, the project manifests this by reducing professional isolation through collaborative learning, enhanced mentoring and involvement in professional science education societies, and by enhancing STEM and pedagogy content competencies by providing enhanced information dissemination, content delivery, field experiences at VCS, and by including an induction budget for new scholars entering the teaching profession. The project also provides professional development opportunities including a summer research project internship where mentors from the discipline and master high school teachers collaborate with pre-service teachers to provide guidance and support through the induction period. The project also addresses the challenge of attracting and retaining highly qualified teachers in a geographic region where recruiting new teachers has been difficult. The program's intentional design of integrating research with educational experiences enables new STEM teachers to adopt similar models in their own classrooms, infusing education with the excitement of discovery and sparking their students' interest in STEM.

瓦尔多斯塔州立大学正在为学术上有才华但经济上有困难的理科专业学生提供20项奖学金，这些学生承诺在包括瓦尔多斯塔城市学校系统在内的高需求学区任教。 该计划通过旨在为格鲁吉亚高需求学区准备未来教师的学士学位后计划，帮助有价值的学生获得教学认证。 在某种程度上，该项目体现了这一点，通过合作学习减少专业隔离，加强指导和参与专业科学教育协会，并通过提供增强的信息传播，内容交付，在教育部的实地经验，并通过包括新学者进入教师职业的入门预算，提高STEM和教学内容的能力。 该项目还提供专业发展机会，包括暑期研究项目实习，来自该学科的导师和硕士高中教师与职前教师合作，在入职期间提供指导和支持。 该项目还解决了在一个难以招聘新教师的地理区域吸引和留住高素质教师的挑战。 该计划将研究与教育经验相结合的故意设计使新的STEM教师能够在自己的课堂上采用类似的模型，为教育注入发现的兴奋，并激发学生对STEM的兴趣。